JPPC - the Jülich Plant Phenotyping Centre

Objectives of Plant Phenotyping

The immediate objective is to analyse key processes involved in plant performance with respect to both quality and yield when placed in a spatially and temporally heterogeneous environment and in interaction with other organisms (such as other plants, microbial communities, etc.).

These include the response to environmental cues of plant development, shoot and root architecture, nutrient and water use efficiency, photosynthesis, growth and metabolic composition.

Genetic diversity and Environment

Through the analysis of a wide range of genetic diversity and environments, and in close cooperation with genomic approaches the outcomes will be:

• the identification of novel processes involved in plant performance,
• the analysis of complex traits, which are hitherto not directly approachable through classical molecular biology approaches,
• the characterisation of the genetic and eco-physiological basis of plant adaptation to its environment,
• the identification of new plant-based resources for materials and chemicals
• the development of new phenotyping tools and methods to accelerate and improve the reliability of plant breeding strategies as well as screen large variety of plant resources

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